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The X Files (Dir: Rob Bowman, 1998, US) Sci-fi action thriller
With Chris Carter's supernatural series making a fortune on the box, it didnŐt take a genius with a film degree to realise Carter would be working on a movie version.
However, Fight The Future is a strange hybrid.
One of the most intelligent sci-fi movies in years, it certainly packs a punch for the first half when a bunch of kids discover a bizarre black oil in a Texas catacomb.
A virus is released, nasty aliens monsters start roaming around and general chaos is unleashed.
All good, scary stuff with enough twists and turns to keep you hooked.
However, things become rather formulaic by part two.
Any film fans knows that all movies follow a certain pattern. When you can see one emerging, it's often a good bet that everything will proceed in the usual order.
This one, strangely, reminded me of Superman II with Mulder (David Duchovny) searching for a kidnapped Scully (Gillian Anderson) in the Antarctic.
Too many lucky coincidences and some rather dull turns from the stars made this look like an overblown episode.
One of the problems was Mulder and Scully had too much space to run around in.
Wi th less cash and a more claustrophobic feel, this would have been a genuine classic.
As it was, it was just a diverting feature film which didn't really go anywhere.
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